In this photo illustration, the DeepSeek logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen and in the background, the flag of the European Union.One of Germany's data protection watchdogs on Friday said DeepSeek's app illegally sends user data to China and asked Google and Apple to consider blocking the artificial intelligence service.Berlin's data protection commissioner Meike Kamp said in a statement that DeepSeek's transfer of German user data to China is "unlawful." There is not a readily available way to g ...

SoftBank and OpenAI’s plan to “immediately” invest $100 billion in artificial intelligence infrastructure in the US as part of the much-hyped Stargate project has faced months of delays due to fears that President Trump’s tariffs could send costs soaring, according to a report.Masayoshi Son, the CEO of Japan-based Softbank, and OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman had promised during a White House briefing a day after Trump‘s inauguration to deploy $100 billion and raise that figure to $500 billion over the next fo ...